Podopaediatrics Special Interest Group

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Podopaediatrics Special Interest Group

• Jill Phethean

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Mission Statement

• Membership of podiatrists with a special interest
  in paediatrics
• Promote best practice for the management of gait
  and lower limb problems in children

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Aims

• Facilitate networking and sharing of information
  to enhance the podopaediatric service provision

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Work Completed

• Developed a patient pre-questionnaire information
  sheet
• Developed vascular and neurological assessments
  forms
• Developed an web based discussion group forum

• Developed treatment guidelines for ankle equinus
• Treatment guidelines for a sample of common gait
  and lower limb problems in children

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Work Completed

• Conferences
• Management of the Paediatric Patient 2004
• The Management of Gait in Children with Cerebral
  Palsy 2006
• Pick and Mix Study Day, 2007

• Presentations 2006
• Effects of obesity on gait in Glasgow
• Evidence-based assessment of symmetry in gait
• Ligamentous laxity
• Sinus Tarsi Syndrome

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Work Completed

• Promotional posters
• Childrens resource packs

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Work in Progress

• Organising a conference for June 2008
• Promoting the group and its work

• Undertaking a clinical audit on orthoses
• Producing credit card sized information sheets
  for patients
• Promoting paediatric evidence based journal
  articles

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